Breeding

Learn techniques for keeping records on your birds.

Requirements and Setups - Provides an overview of the steps which need to be taken to set finches up for breeding, including suggestions for assembling a one-pair-per-cage setup or a colony breeding setup.

Nest Checks - This article explains the reasons nest checks are performed, tips and advice for performing nest checks, and warnings about when to hold off on checking the nest.

Eggs (Including Candling, Clear Eggs & Egg Repair) - A very comprehensive article covering many aspects of eggs, including the following topics: fertilization of an egg, egg laying, when you can expect to see eggs in the nest after mating, complications of egg laying, parental care of eggs, normal incubation length, how to candle eggs to find out if they are fertile or infertile, brief advice for performing nest checks, egg hatching, possible reasons for clear or unhatched eggs, egg repair, and artificial incubation of eggs including proper incubator settings.

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Leg Bands & Record Keeping - Describes the uses and complications of banding birds, lists sources for obtaining leg bands, details methods of banding and record keeping, and includes copies of the forms used by the owner of this site to keep track of breeding birds and individuals.

Fostering (including Imprinting) - This article includes indications for fostering, potential disadvantages of fostering, instructions for fostering using society or zebra finches, and recommendations to follow which minimize some of the problems associated with fostering, such as imprinting

Handfeeding - Provides instructions for hand feeding abandoned finches, including a list of supplies, notes about proper hygiene, instructions for setting up a brooder and preparing the hand feeding formula, advice for administering formula to chicks of various ages, and notes on how to monitor the health status of the chicks.

Life Cycles: Breeding Time Tables - Lists the following information for various finch species: clutch size, when incubation begins, incubation length, how old chicks are when they fledge, the age at which chicks are weaned, the age at which chicks molt into their adult plumage, and the age at which chicks reach sexual maturity.

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